Steps for Watch vs Count My Plate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Steps for Watch
This app tracks your daily steps and heart rate directly on your Apple Watch. It offers detailed daily step analysis, a seven-day graph of your activity, and the ability to set personal step goals. All data is stored locally on your device for privacy.
- Daily step tracking
- Heart rate monitoring
- Digital Crown for detailed analysis
- Seven-day activity graph
- Complication support
- Personal step goals
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Steps for Watch puts your steps and heart rate together in one clear chart, on iPhone and Apple Watch. See how today compares with your usual day, and where this pace takes you by the end of the day. Works on iPhone alone, too. Heart rate needs Apple Watch. No account, no ads, nothing uploaded. Today at a Glance • Steps toward your goal, and the steps expected by midnight • Steps and heart rate in one chart, or your steps next to your usual day • Today vs Usual: your running total against how a day like today usually goes • Heart rate through the day, with your resting rate • Distance and floors • Your whole day in detail, hour by hour All Your History (Steps Pro) • Week, Month, Year and All Time, with your goal days marked • Records: your best day, week and month, and your longest goal run • Any earlier day in full detail Trends and Patterns (Steps Pro) • Weekday Pattern: how each day of the week usually goes • When You Walk: your busiest hours and days • Long View: this year against last year, and the best day of every month • Compare any period with the one before or with last year Walking and Intensity (Steps Pro) • Walking speed, step length, distance and floors over time • Brisk minutes and steps per minute Heart Rate and Steps (Steps Pro, needs Apple Watch) • See how your heart rate moves with your steps • How it settles after a walk, and your walking heart rate month by month • Descriptive only, not a medical measurement A Goal That Fits • Set your daily steps goal • Goal Simulator (Steps Pro): try a goal against your last four weeks • Goal by Weekday (Steps Pro): a different goal for each day Widgets • The small Today widget is free • Every other widget is part of Steps Pro: Lock Screen, Medium, Large and StandBy Notifications • Goal Reached, Week Ready and a quiet Evening Summary at the time you choose • Local only, and off until you turn them on On Apple Watch • Steps and heart rate in one full-screen chart • Turn the Digital Crown to move through the day. Each bar shows its steps and average heart rate • A 7-day view with daily steps and heart rate averages • Your latest heart rate, and a daily goal you set on the watch • A complication with today's steps and goal progress • Runs on its own; the iPhone app is optional Free and Steps Pro Free: the whole Apple Watch app, the Today screen and today's details on iPhone, your daily goal, notifications and the small Today widget. Steps Pro adds all your history, Trends and Patterns, Walking and Intensity, Heart Rate and Steps, Goal Simulator, Goal by Weekday, every widget, themes and CSV export. Steps Pro is available as a yearly subscription with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers, a monthly subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them anytime in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Steps for Watch reads your activity from Health, only with your permission. Your data stays on your devices and is never sent to us or anyone else. No account, no ads. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sydvesti.com/privacy-policy Questions or ideas? contact@sydvesti.com
Count My Plate
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You train hard. You're consistent in the gym. But if your nutrition isn't dialled in, you're leaving results on the table — and you know it. Count My Plate is the macro tracker built for the way you actually eat. Point. Scan. Done. No spreadsheets. No database rabbit holes. Just accurate macros and protein tracking in the time it takes to pick up your fork. SCAN ANY MEAL IN SECONDS Point your camera at any plate — home cooking, restaurant food, meal prep — and get an instant breakdown of calories, protein, carbs, fat, and hydration. The AI handles it all. No manual entry, no guesswork, no excuses. PROTEIN-FIRST. BY DESIGN. Every serious athlete knows protein is the macro that moves the needle. Count My Plate is engineered around it — so hitting your daily protein target feels less like a chore and more like a habit you actually keep. YOUR GOALS. YOUR MACROS. Bulking, cutting, or recomping — the app adapts to your body, your training load, and your targets. Set your macros once. Let the AI hold you to them, every single day, without the guilt trips. AN AI COACH THAT ACTUALLY GETS IT Not a chatbot. Not generic advice. Your built-in AI coach reads your meal history, understands your training patterns, and delivers feedback that's specific to you — because you're not like everyone else in the gym. DEEP NUTRITION ANALYTICS • Health Score Trend — see how your nutrition quality compounds over time • Weekly Comparison — benchmark your intake across the last 4 weeks • Macro Distribution — watch your macros shift as your training evolves • AI Insights — recommendations built from your actual meals, not templates FASTER THAN ANY OTHER TRACKER MyFitnessPal wants 10 minutes of your life to log a meal. Count My Plate wants 3 seconds. Because the best macro tracker is the one you'll actually use — every day, not just when you feel motivated. BUILT FOR • Athletes who are done guessing their macros • Bodybuilders who need protein precision, not approximations • Gym-goers who want fast, frictionless food logging • Anyone bulking, cutting, or recomping with real intention • Beginners ready to learn how food actually affects their body The nutrition app that meets you where you eat. Download free. Scan your first meal in under 10 seconds. Count My Plate — eat like an athlete. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Steps for Watch at none against Count My Plate's 4. Steps for Watch also leads on ads (none vs shown). Count My Plate's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Count My Plate sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Steps for Watch asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Steps for Watch | Count My Plate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (20 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sydvesti Oy | The Coderz Ltd |
In-app purchases
Steps for Watch
No in-app purchases
Count My Plate
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- Yearly$49.991 Year
- 5 Days Plan$1.99
- Lifetime Subscription$99.99
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